Topic: goal-directed tasks

Social cognition is believed to contribute to the collective success of groups. To learn from others, individuals must form representations of their own and conspecifics’ actions and outcomes, integrating this information to enhance their understanding of the environment. Neurons in the frontal cortex of socially interacting mice represent various aspects of conspecific behavior, including fear, pain, competition, and social hierarchy. However, whether these neural circuits are involved in observational reinforcement learning during goal-directed tasks remains to be determined. To investigate